Churn



A. PEASE.

Churn. a

Patented Sept. 16, 1856.

l l li l lki l i f l l'l l lil fillll l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

A. PEASE, WESTON, VERMONT.

CHURN.

, Specification of Letters Patent To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT PEASE, of Weston, in the county of l/Vindsor and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Churng and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, Figure 1 being a vertical central section of the churn, and Fig. 2 a view'of the underside of the dasher.

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My improvements relate to thecommon upright, reciprocating-dasher churn; which, notwithstanding the process. of churning therewith is very laborious, as ordinarily constructed, is preferred by many farmers and house-keepers, as producing. more butter from an equal quantity of cream, than other churns.

The object ofmy inventionis to facilitate the labor ofchurning, without much increasing the cost of construction; and also to render the dasher more eflicient for hastening the process of churning.

For the purpose of applying the action of a lever to the dasher, I construct a suitable frame A, from one side of which rises a standard a, to serve as the fulcrum of the lever C; and from the opposite side of said frame, a rod G, ascends, upon which a coiled spring Z, is placed, for the purpose of assisting to lift the lever in the act of churning, since it is not so tiresome to press downward as to lift; upward, and this spring takes part of the labor from the lifting action, and adds it to the pressing action. A treadle H, connected with the lever by a rod m, may be added, so that the foot may occasionally be employed to relieve the arms.

Inthe frame A, I insert an ordinary box, or tub, churn, employing any one which may have been already possessed for the purpose of churning with the ordinary upright dasher. frame, being removable at pleasure, by merely disengaging its dasher handle from the lever to which itis pivoted, and lifting it from said frame. WVith this arrangement, by only constructing the frame and its appendages, I am enabled to furnish house keepers with the means of effectually employing their common dasher churns to good advantage, and to avoid the necessity of purchasing a new and costly churn, thus promoting economy. Another advantage is,

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that the churn is more easily handled and cleaned by thus separating it from the machinery by which the churningis performed, the frame being called into requisition only for the few minutes while the act of churningis going on. But an objection to the upright, reciprocating'dasher churn is, that it does not produce the butter so quickly as other churns capable of causing a more violent agitation of the cream. This objection is in ameasure obviated by the use of the lever as above described. But I give greater efliciency to the churn by an im-.

proved construction of the dasher as follows :-The lowerdasher boards I), b, may remain of the usual construction. In addition to this I add another fixed disk, or board 0, which is situated as far up the handle D, as convenient. Between these two fixed boards I adda third disk, or board, at,

which is allowed to slide up and down freely on the handle, between said fixed boards. Thus by the resistance of the cream, this movable board will be driven with considerable force alternately againstthe fixed boards, and occasion a greatly increased agitation of the cream. Instead of a single movable board, two may be employed, being separated a little distance, but at the same time connected, by barse, 6. Or instead of the additional disk or board, cross slats f, f, arranged as shown, may be used. The boards may be suitably perforated with holes g, g, and p, 79, to increase the agitation and friction of the cream. A cup 2', may surround the dasher handle upon the top of the cover F, to hold any cream which may be drawn up by the handle; and apertures h, 71, leading therefrom down into the churn, serve both for conducting the cream from the cup intothe churn again, and to allow a free passage of air int-o or out of the churn.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is The combination of the two fixed boards, on the dasher handle, and a sliding board, or its equivalent, moving between them, substantially as described; disclaiming the use 7 

